Hair curler



March 2 1926.

c. E. BYRNE HAIR CURLER Filed April 26, 1924 Patented Mar. 2, 1926.

CAROLYN E. BYRNE, F LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.

- HAIR CURLER.

Application filed April 26, 1924. Serial No. 709,197.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be 1t known that I, CARoLYN E. BYRNE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lawrence,in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ha r Curlers, of which the following 18 a specificatlon.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved device adapted to be conveniently applied to and removed from the free end portion of a mass or look of bobbed hair and to confine said portion in the form of a tightly wound roll, so that when the device is removed the free end portion of the lock is curled This object is attained by the improved construction hereinafter described and claimed. p

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, s

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the hair waver ready for use.

Figure 2 is an edge view. V

Figure 8 is an enlarged section on line 8 3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4: is a perspective view showing the curler as first engaged with the free enc portion of a lock of bobbed hair.

Figures 5 and 6 are end views showing the curler as in Figure 4., Figure 6 showing the first step of the operation of converting the free end portion of the look into a roll.

Figures 7 and 8 are perspective views showing the hair and the curler after the completion of the roll, Figure 8 showing the tying terminals hereinafter described interengaged to confine the roll.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

My improved curler may be formed of an elongated ligature which is preferably composed of a length 12 of flexible and substantially inert or nonresilient wire and a sheath 13 of fibrous material surrounding the wire. In other Words the ligature is preferably composed of the well known lamp wire such as is used in various kinds of electrical work. I am not limited, however, to a ligature of this construction, and may employ a length of inert or non-resilient wire which is not enclosed in a sheath although the latter is preferable for obvious reasons.

The curler also comprises a coupling 14 rigidly connecting two portions of the ligature side. by side. Said coupling is preferably provided by bending a strip of sheet metal so that its end portions partially embrace portions of the ligature as shown by Figure 3, said end portions being pressed into close engagement with the embraced portions of the ligature.

The curler formed by the ligature and coupling includes a loop 15 maintained by the coupling, a relatively short end portion 16 extending in one direction from the coupling'and constituting a tying terminal, and a longer end portion longer than the loop extending in the opposite direction from the coupling and movable endwise in the loop, its

intermediate portion .17 being passed therethrough to form therewith a clamping loop through which a lock of hair may be] inserted, and the free end 1.8, being bent back to retain a wound roll, and serving, if 'de sired, as a tying terminal.

The arrangement, clearly shownby iFigures 1 and 2, is such that the free end poi tion 19 of a mass of bobbed hair may, be inserted betweenthe binder 17 and the loop 15, as shown by Figure 4, clamped by an endwise movement ofjthe longer end portion,

converted into a roll 19 as shown by Figures 7 and 8, by rotation ofjthe device on its longitudinal axis, and confined as a. roll by bending the terminals 16 and 18 against the outer face of the roll, and, if desired, interengaging them as shown by Figure 8. After the curler has remained long enough in the condition shown by Figure 8, the terminals 16 and 18 are disconnected, the rolled portion is unrolled and the device is removed. 7 Figure 6 shows the first step of the operation of forming the roll 19 The inert or inelastic ligature adapted to be freely bent and to remain in any form imparted by bending until the form is changed by the user. Hence the binder 17 is adapted to remain outwardly bowed as shown by Figure 1. while the hair is being inserted between it and the loop, and drawn taut to clamp the inserted hair, and the terminals 16 and 18 are adapted to be interengaged by bending their end portions to provide hooks which retain their form until the 1 end portions are straightened. Of course, if desired, the curler could be formed, with a loop cut out, dispensing with the necessity of the coupling 14, but in this case it could not be formed of wire, or in placeof the coupling shown, any other means of fastening thetwo portions together locally might be employed.

The parts 15 and 17 constitute a pair of side portions collectively forming an elongated contractible loop through which a lock 19 of hair may be passed. The side portion 15 has an extension 16 fixed thereto and projecting from one end of 'the loop. The side portion 17 has an extension 18 slidable relative to the loop and projecting from the opposite end thereof. Said extensions are accessible tobe grasped and pulled in opposite directions to contract the loop upon the lock 19 and rotated to roll the look about the loop. The extensions are also bendable back against the rolled look, as shown by Figure 8, to retain it in rolled condition.

I claim:

1. A hair curler comprising an elongated ligature of -flexible non-resilient wire. and a coupling rigidly connecting two portions of .the ligature side'by side, the ligature including a loop maintained by the coupling, a relatively short end portion extending in one direction from the coupling and constitutinga tying terminal and a longer endv portion extending in the opposite direction from the coupling and movable endwise in the loop, said longer end portion constituting'a binder and a tying-terminal, the arrangement being such that the free end portion of a mass-of bobbed hair may be inserted between the binder and the loop, clamped by an endwise movement of the longer end portion, converted into a roll by rotation of the waver, and confined as a roll by the interengagement of the tying;

terminals.

2. A hair curler comp-rising an elongated ligature of flexible non-resilient material. doubled on itself and joined together to define a loop, the free ends of said ligature one end of the loop, the other side portion having an. extension slidable relative to the loop and projecting from the opposite-end thereof, said extensions being accessible. to begrasped and pulled in opposite'directions to contract the loop upon the lock, and rotated to roll the look about the loo 1. A'hair curler comprising apair 0 side portions collectively forming an elongated loop through which a lock of hair may be passed, one of said portions having-an extension fixed thereto and projecting from one end of the loop, the other side portion having an extension slidable relative to the loop and projecting from the opposite "end thereof, said extensions being accessible to be grasped and pulled in opposite directions to contract the loop upon the lock, and rotated to roll the lock about the loop, the extensions being bendable backagainst the rolled lock to retain it in rolledcondition. I

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

CAROLYN vE. BYRNE. 

